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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cressida do when she spies Carrie?
(a) Yells at her angrily about a suitcase mix-up.
(b) Turns away and pretends not to see her.
(c) Rises and greets her warmly.
(d) Waves at her from where she is lying on a deck lounger.

2. What is Carrie's private thought about Horace's support of Cressida?
(a) It is all show.
(b) Horace is the finest son a woman could hope to have.
(c) Carrie wishes Horace were support Carrie's decision to come on the voyage.
(d) Horace's support can usually be easily bought.

3. Who is jealous of Cressida's success?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her sister-in-law.
(c) Her two sisters.
(d) Her ex-husbands.

4. To whom does Carrie speak shortly after the ship is underway?
(a) Poppas.
(b) The ship's surgeon.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Horace.

5. Why do Carrie and Cressida walk away together?
(a) To have a sexual liaison.
(b) So they can talk privately.
(c) To go make arrangements to walk Cressida's dog.
(d) So the photographers can't find them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are two relatives accompanying the famous singer?

2. What is Cressida's response to what the deck steward hands her?

3. What does Carrie realize about the group with whom Cressida travels?

4. Who is the primary provider during Cressida's first marriage?

5. What is the narrator's relationship to the famous person who is boarding the cruise ship?

(see the answer key)

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